Ride an AC tram, get a taste of old Kolkata!

“The idea to launch AC trams in Kolkata was in our minds for long. In fact, the project was ready a few years back,” Amlan Jyoti Saha, assistant director, department of tourism, government of West Bengal, told rediff.com.

“But the project failed to take off because of some infrastructural issues.

“This time, the tourism department worked in tandem with CTC and AC trams saw the light of the day,” he added.

While CTC has taken care of the logistics, state’s tourism department has been involved in designing the tram car.

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Image: West Bengal tourism department has been involved in designing the tram car.Photographs: Abhiroop Dey Sarkar.

Ride an AC tram, get a taste of old Kolkata!

The Kolkata tram is the oldest operating electric tram in Asia, running since 1902.

The Calcutta Tramway Co. Ltd was formed and registered in London in 1880. Metre-gauge horse-drawn tram tracks were laid from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat via Bowbazar Street, Dalhousie Square and Strand Road.

The route was inaugurated by then Viceroy Lord Ripon.

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Image: Commuters wait to get on to the AC tram at the Esplanade tram depot.Photographs: Abhiroop Dey Sarkar.